New Year’s Day 2023

January 3rd, 2023 by justJENN

The last time we had a family New Year’s Party was 2020. It was a hopeful new year when we had no idea that in a few months we’d go into a global pandemic and not see each other for years. Now three years later our family has reunited, we’re all older, the kids are grown up, and I wasn’t sure I would know how to get back into the rhythm of cooking for this large of a party. But it all came back to me, and cooking for 2023 turned out to be easier than I expected. We’ll never have as a big a party as we used to but that’s ok because everyone is bigger now and the food still gets eaten.

Good luck foods are back, Japanese Hawaiian food is back, and more importantly the Food Librarian’s Broken Glass Jell-o Bundt is back. Take a trip down memory lane at 10 years of my past New Year’s Day oshogatsu parties. Here’s to hoping we don’t skip another three years again, happy 2023!

New Year’s Day Menu:
KBBQ Beef
Hawaiian Fried Chicken
Chili
Somen Salad (noodles for a long life)
Chinese Chicken Salad
Furikake Shrimp Salad
Potato Salad
Pan Sushi
Spam Musubi
Sweet & Spicy Edamame
Sunomono
Spam Musubi
Tazukuri (teriyaki fish for a prosperous year)
Kuromame (black beans for health and success)
Kurikinton (sweet potato w/chestnuts for wealth)
Gobo (burdock root for a strong family)
Ozoni (traditional new year’s day soup)
Mochi (longevity)
Kamaboko (joy, happiness)
Broken Glass Jell-o Bundt
Pink An (azuki bean) Mochi
Nutella Mochi
Brown Sugar Mochi
Ube Pumpkin Mochi Cake
Oranges (long, happy life)

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